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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by derefr on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:17AM (#3971396)
That doesn't really solve for the parent's use-case of

> It's actually the reason we stopped taking the laptop while away for the weekend. I just put a movie on the iPad for VLC and we are good to go.

though. You'd need to bring something to run Plex on.

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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by xyzzyb on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:21AM (#3971412)
Plex runs on a computer at home. You then stream that computer's media over the Internet on the iPad/iPhone using the Plex app. To make things super-easy you can register your home Plex server on myPlex and sign into it using myPlex on the iPad/iPhone.

Bam! No need to bring a computer OR move files to the device. You can even stream over 3G with pretty decent quality.

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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by adaml_623 on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:49AM (#3971529)
I think the previous poster understood the technical details and was implying that internet access is not always there. Also a lot of people have limited mobile quotas so wouldn't want to use their 3G connection for streaming something.
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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by rytis on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:51AM (#3971537)
Some people go where there is no 3G/WiFi coverage. Sometimes it's also financially not feasible to do this (think roaming costs).

Example - a ferry trip from UK to France. No 3G for about 1.5hrs, or in other words - no 3G for a average length movie.

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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by niels_olson on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @02:31AM (#3975243)
Try a month in Japan. Not even the same basebands. You want Internet? Get yourself a new device my friend!
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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by base698 on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:50AM (#3971532)
That works so well on an airplane without wifi, or a tent in a valley in the wilderness :)
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Re:VLC has been downloaded over a billion times by Terretta on Monday May 14, 2012 @01:39PM (#3972147)
> That works so well [in] a tent in a valley in the wilderness

Much like a laptop.

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